Digitization
The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) has been bringing the rich collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) online since 1997. In the course of this multifaceted major topic "Digital Library", musical collections are also being digitized on an ongoing basis, making music manuscripts, printed music and also libretti available online, among other things. A list of these collections can be found at the end of this page.
The extensive collections of digital music currently offer the following collections (alphabetical):
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works
- Choral books and manuscripts in choral notation
- Collectio musicalis Maximilianea
- Monuments of German Musical Art - 1st Series (Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst, 1. Folge)
- Monuments of German Musical Art - 2nd Series: Monuments of Musical Art in Bavaria (Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst, 2. Folge: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern)
- Manuscript Opera Scores of the 18th century of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Distler, Hugo (1908-1942): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Handel, Georg Friedrich - Works
- Manuscript Tablatures and Partbooks up to the middle of the 17th century
- Hartmann, Karl Amadeus: The complete Music Autographs from the Bequest of the composer
- Haydn, Michael (1737-1806): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Historical Performance Materials of the Bavarian State Opera
- Jensen, Adolf E. (1837-1879): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Kaminski, Heinrich (1886-1946): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Libretti from the Collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Libretti of the Music History Department of the German Historical Institute in Rome
- Libretto Collection Her of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Liszt, Franz – Works
- Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix - Works
- Music collection of Peter Huber from Sachrang
- Music Manuscripts of the Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg up to the Middle of the 17th century
- Music Manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Music theoretical and musicological writings from the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Printed Music from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Printed Sources of Polyphonic Music of the 16th and 17th century from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Orff, Carl (1895-1982): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Partbook-Viewer
- Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Phonographische Zeitschrift (1900-1938)
- Reger, Max (1873-1916): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Rheinberger, Josef (1839-1901): The Complete Music Autographs in der Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Schott Archive: Historical Archive of the Publishing House Schott: Production archive
- Schubert, Franz - Works
- Schumann, Robert - works
- Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliotheks
- Vogler, Georg Joseph (1749-1814): Music Manuscripts
- Wagner, Richard: Music and Letter Manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948): The Complete Music Autographs in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Further Information:
The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) offers an extensive wealth of musicological collections. In addition to copyright-free complete editions of composers such as L. van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, and Robert Schumann, exclusive treasures such as the autographs from the estate of composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann are digitized there.
Collections of the Munich DigitiZation Center
Also interesting:
Some of the digitized collections can be searched using optical note recognition. You can find more information about the musiconn.scoresearch project here: musiconn.scoresearch